FriðÞ Lv 7VIII (Frið 7)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna 7 (Friðþjófr Þorsteinsson, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 202.
text and translation
Eigi um sér til Alda;
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér ægir,
sem ei*myrju hræri.
Hrynja hávar bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
ákafligri báru.
Eigi um sér til Alda; erum komnir vestr í haf; allr ægir þykki mér, sem hræri ei*myrju. Hávar bárur hrynja, {svanflaugar} verpa haug; Elliði er nú orpinn ákafligri báru.
‘Alden cannot be seen; we have come westwards into the ocean; the whole sea seems to me as if it were alive with glowing coals. Towering waves topple down, swan-flights [WAVES] build up a mound; now Elliði is tossed in a furious roller. ’
notes and context
As for Frið 5 and 6.
The many variant readings of this stanza suggest the scribes had considerable difficulty in understanding some of its vocabulary, which powerfully evokes a storm at sea, viewed from the perspective of someone on board ship. Line 1 is exactly the same as Frið 5/1 in the B redaction mss. Frið 5 may well be a partial duplication of this stanza.
readings
- [1] um sér: so 568ˣ, 27ˣ, of sjór 510, sér papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [2] vestr: ‘vest[…]’ 568ˣ
- [2] í: ‘[…]’ 568ˣ
- [3] allr: allt 1006ˣ
- [3] ægir: so 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, ægi 510, 109a IIˣ, ‘ægier’ 568ˣ, ‘æe’ 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [4] ei*myrju: ‘einmyriu’ 510, ‘einmyria’ 568ˣ, ‘i einmyriu’ 27ˣ, ‘a einmyriu’ papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [4] hræri: ‘sæge’ papp17ˣ, ‘sæe’ 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, ‘se’ 173ˣ
- [5] hávar: haf papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
- [6] haug: ‘[…]aug’ 568ˣ
- [6] verpa: uppa 568ˣ
- [6] ‑flaugar: so 27ˣ, papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ, ‘flauger’ 510, ‘flaugan’ 568ˣ
- [8] ákafligri: so 27ˣ, í ákafa 510, á ákafa 568ˣ, í örðugri papp17ˣ, 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 510 4° (510) — 93r/14 - 93r/17
imagesEigi of sjór til Alda;
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér ægi,
sem †einmyriu† hræri.
Hrynja hávar bárur,
haug verpa svan†flauger†;
nú er Elliði orpinn
í ákafa báru.Eígí of | sior til allda. erum uestur j haf komner. allur þícke mier ægi. sem eínmyrív | hrære. hrynia hafar barvr. haug uerpa suan flauger. nv er ellidi orp|enn j akafa baru.
(JG)
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AM 568 4°x (568x) — 100v - 100v
Eigi um sér til Alda;
images
erum †vest[…] […]† haf komnir;
allr þykki mér †ægier†,
sem †einmyria† hræri.
Hrynja hávar bárur,
†[…]aug† uppa svan†flaugan†;
nú er Elliði orpinn
á ákafa báru. -
JS 27 folx (27x) — 135r - 135r
Eigi um sér til Alda;
images
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér ægir,
sem †i einmyriu† hræri.
Hrynja hávar bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
ákafligri báru. -
Holm papp 17 4°x (papp17x) — 359r/1 - 359r/2
imagesEigi sér til Alda;
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér ægir,
sem †a einmyriu sæge†.
Hrynja haf bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
í örðugri báru.Eige sier til allda, erum vestur j haf komner· allur þiki mier æger, sem ä eynmyriv | sæge: hrynia haf barur, haugverpa suanflaugar, nu er ellidi orpinn, j ꝍrdugre bäru.|
(JG)
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AM 109 a II 8°x (109a IIx) — 147r - 147r
Eigi sér til Alda;
images
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér ægi,
sem †a einmyriu sæe†.
Hrynja haf bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
í örðugri báru. -
GKS 1006 folx (1006x) — 583/19 - 583/22
imagesEigi sér til Alda;
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allt þykki mér †æe†,
sem †a einmyriu sæe†.
Hrynja haf bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
í örðugri báru.Eigi sier til allda erum | vestur i haf komner alltt þike mier æe sem ä einmyriu | sæe. hrinia haf bärur haug verpa svanflaugar nu er Ell|ide orpinn j o᷎rdugre bäru.
(JG)
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 84v/27 - 85r/1
Eigi sér til Alda;
images
erum vestr í haf komnir;
allr þykki mér †æe†,
sem †a einmyriu se†.
Hrynja haf bárur,
haug verpa svanflaugar;
nú er Elliði orpinn
í örðugri báru.
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